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Global Market Trends (1st Mar., 2022)

March 1, 2022

MAJOR INDEXES

Market report as of 28th Feb., 2022

 
NAME                  LAST  CHG %CHG
S&P 500                       4,373.9400 -10.710 -0.240
NASDAQ                  13,751.400 56.7800 0.4100
DJIA                         33,892.600 -166.15 -0.490
*FTSE                      7,415.8700* -42.38 -0.570
*NIKKEI              26,844.720* 317.900 1.2000
*HSI                  22,761.71* 48.6900 0.2100
*SHANGHAI          3,488.830* 26.5300 0.7700
VIX                           31.520000 1.37000 4.5400
*DAX                    14,165.84* -295.18 -2.040



S&P 500 MARKET MOVERS

TOP
SEDG
Solaredge Technologies Inc
14.928%  
OXY
Occidental Petroleum Corp
12.881%  
ENPH
Enphase Energy Inc
8.437%  
LHX
L3harris Technologies Inc
8.051%  
NOC
Northrop Grumman Corp
7.926%  


BOTTOM

EPAM
Epam Systems Inc
45.676%  
VTRS
Viatris Inc
24.278%  
XRAY
DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc
7.753%  
IPGP
IPG Photonics Corp
5.585%  
PPG
PPG Industries Inc
5.415%  




SECURITIES

BONDS
NAME YIELD CHG
US 10-YR 1.799 -0.040
US 30-YR 2.137 -0.044
US 5-YR 1.685 -0.034
US 2-YR 1.392 -0.036
US 3-MO 0.368 UNCH
BUND 10-YR 0.059 -0.097
JPN 10-YR 0.186 +0.006
UK 10-YR 1.337 -0.074



FUTURES & COMMODITIES

NAME LAST CHG %CHG
*OIL 99.2200 +3.500 +3.657
*NAT GAS 4.46900 +0.067 +1.520
*GOLD 1,920.9 +20.20 +1.063
*SILVER 24.575 +0.209 +0.860
*WHEAT 979.00 +45.00 +4.820
*COPPER 4.5320 +0.077 +1.730



CURRENCIES

NAME LAST CHG %CHG
JPY/USD 0.8710 +0.001 +0.15
USD INDEX 96.970 +0.260 +0.27
USD/JPY 114.82 -0.170 -0.148
GBP/USD 1.3400 -0.002 -0.112
EUR/USD 1.1180 -0.004 -0.383
USD/CAD 1.2680 +0.00 +0.02
AUD/USD 0.7260 -0.000 -0.014

Cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin hovered around the $38,000 level before advancing past the $40,000 level as stocks recovered some of their losses. 




Analyst View
The U.S. stocks Market was choppy as investors kept gauging their response to the current Russia and Ukraine crisis. The U.S and allies continued with their sanctions on Russia with antecedent roiling of global financial markets. 

The Nasdaq Composite closed higher by 0.4% as Apple and Tesla helped drive gains. 

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
I:COMP NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX 13751.399215 +56.77 +0.41%
TSLA TESLA INC. 870.43 +60.56 +7.48%
AAPL APPLE INC. 165.12 +0.27 +0.16%

The S&P closed marginally lower, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell over just 179 points, erasing a drop of over 400 points, to close down 0.5%. 

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
I:DJI DOW JONES AVERAGES 33892.6 -166.15 -0.49%
SP500 S&P 500 4373.94 -10.71 -0.24%

Russian Rubble, Monday, the rubble has plunged more than 30% after the move to block Russian banks from the SWIFT payments system. The sanctions include restrictions meant to crimp the Russian central bank’s access to over $600 billion in reserves and hinder its ability to support the ruble. In response, the Russian central bank raised its key rate to 20% from 9.5% in a desperate attempt to shore up the plummeting ruble and prevent a run on banks. 

Russian exchange-traded funds were under pressure. 

Russian related Stocks nose-dived,  At the Nasdaq, stocks included are Yandex, known as Russia's Google, and online retailer Ozon, as well as Nexters and QIWI and Head Hunter Group.

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
YNDX YANDEX NV 18.94 -1.38 -6.79%
OZON OZON HOLDINGS PLC 11.60 -1.03 -8.16%
GDEV NEXTERS 6.38 -0.12 -1.85%
QIWI QIWI PLC 5.67 +0.51 +9.88%
HHR HEADHUNTER GROUP PLC      15.03 +0.04 +0.27%

Commodities, Oil prices surged Monday, with U.S. benchmark crude nearing $95.72 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent Crude closed at $100.99. 

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
USO UNITED STATES OIL FUND L.P. 67.48 +1.68 +2.55%
BNO UNITED STS BRENT OIL FD LP UNIT 27.16 +0.88 +3.35%

Gold,  Gold climbed above $1,900 before easing back to $1,899.40 an ounce as investors moved to safer assets amid the volatility hitting U.S. equities. 

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
GLD SPDR GOLD SHARES TRUST - EUR ACC 178.38 +1.83 +1.04%

British Petroleum, on Sunday, confirmed it will exit its stake in Russian energy company Rosneft – the latest private severance of relations with Russia as the global superpower invades neighboring Ukraine. BP, which has held a 19.75% stake in Rosneft since 2013, also said its chief executive, Bernard Looney, will resign from the Russian firm's board, effective immediately. Bob Dudley, a former BP executive, will also resign from Rosneft's board.

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
BP BP PLC 29.21 -1.52 -4.95%
SHEL SHELL PLC 52.41 -1.79 -3.30%

Shell, late Monday, Shell joined the movement announcing it will exit its joint venture with GazProm, including its support of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. 

Aviation, Airlines got slammed on concerns the Russia Ukraine escalation will crimp travel. 

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
DAL DELTA AIR LINES INC. 39.92 -1.62 -3.90%
AAL AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP INC. 17.25 -0.21 -1.20%
UAL UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS INC. 44.40 -1.45 -3.16%

Military Defense budget, Defense stocks moved higher as Germany announced plans to boost military spending to 2% of output. 

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
LMT LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. 433.80 +24.31 +5.94%
NOC NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP. 442.14 +32.47 +7.93%
RTX RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 102.7 +4.58 +4.67%



SPOT MARKET  BY THE HOUR AS OF GMT 09:00  03-01-22


European Market,
 the European market plummeted and went negative across the board while investors watches development around the Russia-Ukraine crisis.  London's FTSE increased by 0.74% to 7,403.21,
 Germany's DAX  climbed by 2.16% to 14,149.15 and France's CAC also jumped by 2.56% to 6,490.01. 

Asia MarketAsian stocks The investor's sentiments sustained an upward trend by the hour as Russia expects some cushion from China to alleviate the sanction. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index climbed by 1.2% to 26,844.72, the Hang Seng in Hong Kong retreated by 0.21% to 22,761.71 while China's Shanghai also climb by 0.77%  to 3,488.83.


Cryptocurrencies, at an intraday range of $42,847.85 by the hour and a maximum of $43,750 in 24 hours.













SOURCE: CNBC
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